Talk:Temple of Athena Alea

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Temple of Athena Alea article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Classical Greece and Rome Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, a group of contributors interested in Wikipedia's articles on classics. If you would like to join the WikiProject or learn how to contribute, please see our project page. If you need assistance from a classicist, please see our talk page.Classical Greece and RomeWikipedia:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeTemplate:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeClassical Greece and Rome articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Greece Low‑importance

	Greece portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Greece, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Greece on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GreeceWikipedia:WikiProject GreeceTemplate:WikiProject GreeceGreek articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Archaeology Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Archaeology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Archaeology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ArchaeologyWikipedia:WikiProject ArchaeologyTemplate:WikiProject ArchaeologyArchaeology articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Women's History Low‑importance

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Maiden or Boy?

The priestess of the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea was always a maiden, who held her office only until she reached the age of puberty.^[1]

Actually all the translations I can find say that the priesthood was held by a boy. How about that?--Lamassus (talk) 21:35, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it seems to come from Joan Breton Connelly, Portrait of a Priestess. Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece, Princeton UP, 2007. 1 vol. 21  26 cm, 415 p., 27 pl., fig. ISBN : 0-691-12746-8. But in a review Beate Dignas points out: With regard to some of these, C. is rather imprecise. Pausanias, e.g. does not tell us that “Marpessa served as priestess of Athena Alea at Tegea until she reached marriageable age” (40) but rather that she was a woman of Tegea who surpassed all other women in daring (VIII, 47, 2-3; 48, 5). In fact, her label as gyne contrasts with the label pais with which the priestess of Athena Alea is described in the same paragraph.--Lamassus (talk) 23:51, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 47. § 2

[1] Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 47. § 2

[1]